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TUBEROUS

/ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/8 letters

Definition of TUBEROUS

adjective

Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From tuber + -ous.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ous

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TUBEROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 30 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
28
First board
147
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

gosreenj

on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TUBEROUS
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TUBEROUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start TUBERO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TUBEROUS?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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